Benjamin Constant: Soulful Theorist of Commercial Society

Clark Henry C. ()
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Clark Henry C.: Political Economy Project, Dartmouth College, Silsby, 107 Hinman Box 6108, Hanover, NH 03755, USA

Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2022, vol. 28, issue 1, 91-103

Abstract: Benjamin Constant (1767–1830) is the most important French liberal that most casual liberals have never heard of. Everyone knows something about Montesquieu because checks and balances and the separation of powers are household terms. Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution are both established classics. But Constant is largely terra incognita even for those with a university degree—to their loss.

Keywords: Benjamin Constant; French liberty; commercial society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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